by Rudyard Kipling (1865 - 1936)
Soldier, soldier
Language: English
"Soldier, soldier come from the wars, why don't you march with my true love?" "We're fresh from off the ship an' 'e's maybe give the slip. an' you'd best go look for a new love." New love! True love! Best go look for a new love. The dead they cannot rise, an' you'd better dry your eyes, an' you'd best go look for a new love. "Soldier, soldier come from the wars, do you bring no sign from my true love?" "I bring a lock of 'air that he allus used to wear, an' you'd best go look for a new love." "Soldier, soldier come from the wars, O then I know it's true I've lost my true love!" "An' I tell you truth again- when you've lost the feel o' pain, you'd best take me for your true love!" True love! New love! Best take 'im for a new love. The dead they cannot rise, an' you'd better dry your eyes, an' you'd best take 'im for your true love.
Authorship:
- by Rudyard Kipling (1865 - 1936) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Percy Aldridge Grainger (1882 - 1961), "Soldier, soldier", 1899, published 1925 [ voice and piano ; or vocal sextet and chorus ], from Kipling Settings, no. 13 [sung text checked 1 time]
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This text was added to the website: 2014-06-10
Line count: 25
Word count: 171